Georgian green tomatoes for the winter

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1 Recipes for green tomatoes in Georgian style
2 Conclusion

Georgian green tomatoes are an original snack that allows you to add variety to your winter diet. Hot peppers, garlic, herbs, nuts and special seasonings (hops-suneli, oregano) help to give ordinary preparations a Georgian flavor. These snacks have a spicy and rich taste.

Products intended for winter storage are distributed into jars that have been sterilized. To do this, the containers are treated with boiling water or hot steam. Then the jars filled with vegetables are placed in a pan of boiling water to sterilize. The processing period depends on the capacity of the cans and ranges from 15 minutes to half an hour.

Recipes for green tomatoes in Georgian style

You can prepare unripe tomatoes in Georgian style in various ways. Usually tomatoes are stuffed with herbs, garlic or a vegetable mixture. Hot or cold marinade is used as a filling.

You can make spicy adjika from green tomatoes, which can be stored for a long time without sterilizing the jars. If red tomatoes are available, they can be used to create an unusual salad dressing.

Stuffed tomatoes

This unusual-looking snack is made from green tomatoes, which are stuffed with a special filling. Stuffed green tomatoes in Georgian it is prepared according to the following recipe:

From green tomatoes you need to choose about 15 medium-sized fruits. Cross-shaped cuts are made in them.
One carrot and bell pepper need to be chopped in a blender.
The garlic head is divided into cloves and placed under a press.
The chili pepper should be finely chopped and added to the total vegetable mass.
Spices to taste are poured into the resulting filling: hops-suneli and oregano.
The tomatoes need to be stuffed with the prepared mixture, then placed in glass jars.
Marinade filling is prepared by boiling water. For each liter you need to add 20 g of table salt and 80 g of granulated sugar.
At the boiling stage, add 70 ml of vinegar to the marinade.
The hot liquid is poured into jars, which are pasteurized in a container with boiling water for no more than 20 minutes.
The containers are sealed with tin lids.

Pickled tomatoes

In combination with herbs, pickled tomatoes are obtained, which have a pungent taste. The recipe for preparing them without sterilization is as follows:

The stalk of unripe tomatoes is cut out, and small cuts are made in the fruits themselves.
For the filling, prepare a mixture of chopped garlic (0.1 kg), dill, tarragon and parsley (10 g of each ingredient).
The root will help make a snack spicier horseradish, which is scrolled in a meat grinder.
The cut place in the tomatoes is filled with the filling, after which the fruits are placed in a wooden or enamel bowl.
A few peppercorns, currant or cherry leaves are also placed in the jar.
To make brine, boil a liter of water and add 60 g of table salt.
The tomatoes are completely filled with cooled brine, an inverted plate and a weight are placed on top.
Ferment vegetables at room temperature for a week.
The spicy green tomatoes are then moved to the refrigerator for winter storage.

Recipe with garlic and herbs

To prepare a delicious Georgian-style snack for the winter, choose small, unripe tomatoes. The recipe for further preparation of pickled green tomatoes with garlic and herbs is given below:

About a kilogram of tomatoes needs to be washed and longitudinal cuts made in the fruits with a knife.
For the filling, finely chop or grind five cloves of garlic and a pod of hot pepper in a blender.
Be sure to chop the greens: parsley, dill, basil, cilantro, celery.
The ingredients are mixed to form a homogeneous mass with which the tomatoes are stuffed.
The marinade here is boiling water, in which a couple of tablespoons of salt and one spoon of granulated sugar are dissolved.
Remove the boiling water from the heat and add a teaspoon of vinegar to it.
The tomatoes are placed in jars, which are filled with marinade.
The containers should be placed in boiling water for 25 minutes, then preserved using a key.
It is better to put green tomatoes in a cool place for the winter.

Vegetable salad with nuts

A very tasty salad for the winter is prepared from green tomatoes with nuts and other vegetables, the harvest of which is harvested at the end of the season. Thanks to nuts and spices, the snack acquires a bright taste and aroma.

You can prepare vegetable salad in Georgian according to the following recipe:

Unripe tomatoes (2 kg) must be chopped into slices, covered with salt and kept in room conditions for 3 hours.
Half a kilogram of onions must be peeled and fried in a frying pan.
Half a kilogram of carrots is chopped into narrow bars, and then fried in a frying pan after the onions.
A kilogram of sweet pepper is cut into half rings and stewed in oil over low heat.
Half of the garlic head is divided into cloves, which are pressed in a press.
Walnuts (0.2 kg) must be crushed in a mortar.
The juice is drained from the tomatoes and mixed with the remaining ingredients.
Add 1/2 tablespoon of dry red pepper, suneli hops and saffron to the vegetable mass. Add salt to taste.
Vegetables are left to simmer over low heat for a quarter of an hour.
The hot salad is distributed into jars and covered with sterilized lids.
Place the jars in a deep saucepan, add water and sterilize them for 20 minutes.
The next step is to preserve the workpieces using a key.

Raw adjika

From green tomatoes you get a quick-cooking spicy adjika with garlic and horseradish. This appetizer goes well with barbecue and various meat dishes.

The simplest process for preparing green adjika includes the following stages:

First, green tomatoes are selected. In total you will need about 3 kg. Places of damage and rot should be cut out.
Chilean pepper (0.4 kg) is also prepared, the stalk of which is removed.
Horseradish root (0.2 kg) must be peeled and cut into large pieces.
Garlic (0.2 kg) is divided into cloves.
The ingredients are passed through a meat grinder and mixed well.
If desired, you can add a little salt and a finely chopped bunch of cilantro to the mixture.
Green adjika is placed in jars, sealed with lids and put in the refrigerator.

Tomatoes in adjika

Spicy adjika can be used as a marinade for unripe tomatoes. The recipe for making green pickled tomatoes is as follows:

First you need to prepare spicy adjika.For it, take 0.5 kg of red tomatoes and sweet peppers. They are ground in a meat grinder with the addition of 0.3 kg of garlic.
Add a tablespoon of suneli hops and salt to the resulting mass.
Green tomatoes (4 kg) are cut into slices and placed in containers with adjika.
Place the mixture on the fire and after boiling, simmer it over low heat for 20 minutes.
At the ready stage, finely chopped parsley and dill are added to the green tomato salad.
The hot preparations are distributed into jars, sterilized and sealed with lids.
Canned salad is stored refrigerated.

Conclusion

Georgian green tomatoes are marinated with the addition of chili pepper, horseradish, nuts, spices and herbs. Georgian cuisine involves the use of greens, the quantity and variety of which can be adjusted to taste. Most often, cilantro, basil and parsley are added.

The resulting snack is very spicy, so it is used with meat or fish dishes. For long-term storage, it is recommended to put the preparations in the cellar or refrigerator.